About me and felting. It started just because of a book that fell in my hands! I love water and bubbles so I said "why not"! With the time I also loved wool! I can not compare it with any other fabric except silk which I also use. The combination can be magnificent giving not only a nice aesthetic but also a feeling of warmness and cosiness.
It started as a hobby and still is! Mostly because a hobby gives you the opportunity to express yourself in freedom, what you can not do in your everyday life!
Often my inspiration derives from long observations of nature. When I escape from the city I usually prefer to find myself close to the sea or lying in the shade of a tree surrounded by plants, flowers etc. whatever colourfully fulfilling. There is also my favourite place to felt although at times difficult.
The colours, which I use, frequently reflect my mood at that specific time or are expressions of non verbal communication since I believe in the power of colours, images and representations sometimes more than in the power of words.
Personally I love music, thus most of my items are created while listening to an album or having a long musical session by one of my favourite artists or groups and usually the item is named after the song which inspired me the most.
During these years of felting experimentation and involvement, the moments I enjoyed the most were the ones that I felted together with children in the context of therapy. Except the skills which some of them acquired, the most impressive thing was their enthusiasm, spontaneity and amazement on how from something that it looks like a game in its process, can somebody create beautiful things with a practical usage! I really loved it and I am longing to repeat it!
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- JoinedApril 2010
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